© www.boxinghistory.org.uk - all rights reserved This page has been brought to you by www.boxinghistory.org.uk Click on the image above to visit our site Joe Beckett (Southampton) Active: 1912-1923 Weight classes fought in: Recorded fights: 59 contests (won: 47 lost: 11 drew: 1) Fight Record 1912 Jan 29 Seaman McMullen DRAW(6) Pelican Hall, Southampton Source: Boxing 03/02/1912 page 338 Feb 3 Albert Croucher (Southampton) WPTS(6) Palace Theatre, Southampton Source: Boxing 10/02/1912 page 370 Promoter: Will Murray Feb 15 L/Cpl. Dyer (Gloucester Regt) WPTS(3) National Sporting Club, Covent Garden Source: Boxing (Middleweight competition 1st series) Referee: E Zerega Feb 15 Pte. Bancroft (RAMC) WPTS(3) National Sporting Club, Covent Garden Source: Boxing (Middleweight competition 2nd series) Referee: E Zerega Feb 19 Young Pughey (Brighton) LPTS4(3) National Sporting Club, Covent Garden Source: Boxing (Middleweight novice competition 3rd series) Referee: JH Douglas extra round Mar 4 Seaman Nicholls (Southampton) WPTS(6) Pelican Hall, Southampton Source: Boxing 09/03/1912 page 470 Apr 22 Pte. Ponsford (RMLI) WPTS(6) Pelican Hall, Southampton Source: Boxing 27/04/1912 page 638 Apr 29 Fred Ball (Mile End) WRSF3(6) Dome, Brighton Source: Boxing 11/05/1912 page 44 Jun 10 Jim Hearne (Marylebone) WPTS(6) National Sporting Club, Covent Garden Source: Boxing 15/06/1912 page 157 Referee: G T Dunning Sep 30 Sid Broadbent WPTS(6) Pelican Hall, Southampton Source: Boxing 05/10/1912 page 546 Oct 14 Albert Lawner (Battersea) WKO4(6) National Sporting Club, Covent Garden Source: Boxing 19/10/1912 pages 593 and 594 Nov 18 Packey Mahoney (Ireland) LKO2 National Sporting Club, Covent Garden Source: Boxing 23/11/1912 page 89 Mahoney boxed for the British Heavyweight Title 1913. Dec 30 L/Smn. Nicholls (Portsmouth) WKO4(10) Pelican Hall, Southampton Source: Boxing 04/01/1913 page 269 Referee: Andy Robin 1913 Jan 18 Pte. Casling (Grenadier Gds.) WRTD4(6) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 25/01/1913 pages 347 and 348 Feb 15 Billy Welsh (Northampton) WKO3 The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 22/02/1913 page 450 Dec 22 Rifleman Harrington WRSF2(10) Pelican Hall, Southampton Source: Boxing 27/12/1913 page 221 1914 Jan 24 Stoker Smith (HMS Endymion) WKO4(10) Premierland, Whitechapel Source: Boxing 31/01/1914 page 345 Feb 7 Antoine Pollet (France) LDSQ8(10) Premierland, Whitechapel Source: Boxing 14/02/1914 pages 391 and 392 Apr 20 Harry Smith (South Africa) WRTD3(6) National Sporting Club, Covent Garden Source: Boxing 25/04/1914 pages 671 and 672 Aug 28 Dan Sullivan (USA) WPTS(15) Cosmopolitan Gymnasium, Plymouth Source: Boxing 05/09/1914 page 462 Dec 21 Harry Reeve (Plaistow) LKO7(20) The Ring, Blackfriars Source: Boxing 16/12/1914 pages 135 and 136 Reeve was British Light-Heavyweight Champion 1916-17. 1915 Mar 4 Pat O'Keefe (Canning Town) LKO8 West London Stadium, Marylebone Source: Boxing 10/03/1915 pages 316 and 318 O'Keefe was British Middleweight Champion 1906 and 1914-16 and 1918-19. Sep 30 Gordon Sims (Portsmouth) WPTS(15) Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 06/10/1915 page 330 1916 May 8 Gordon Sims (Portsmouth) WKO19(20) Portsmouth Source: Record published in Boxing News in the 1960s 1917 Jan 15 Sgt. Harry Curzon (Derby) WPTS(15) Stadium, Holborn Source: Boxing 17/01/1917 pages 162 and 163 Curzon boxed for the British Light-Heavyweight Title 1916. May 28 Sgt. Harry Curzon (Derby) WRTD8(15) The Dell, Southampton Source: Boxing Jun 18 Dan Flynn (Glasgow) WRTD9 National Sporting Club, Covent Garden Source: Boxing 20/06/1917 page 102 Aug 6 Len Sexton (Maesteg) WKO8 Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool Source: Record published in Boxing News in the 1960s Nov 29 Sgt. Harry Curzon (Derby) WRTD5(15) Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing Dec 17 Frank Goddard (Clapham) LKO8(20) National Sporting Club, Covent Garden Source: Boxing 19/12/1917 page 102 Goddard was British Heavyweight Champion 1919 and 1923-26. 1918 Feb 25 Dick Smith (Woolwich) LPTS(20) National Sporting Club, Covent Garden Source: Boxing (British Light-Heavyweight Title) Smith was British Light-Heavyweight Champion 1914-16 and 1918-19. Referee: JH Douglas Mar 28 Pte. Teale (Hussars) WKO2 Aldershot Source: Record published in Boxing News in the 1960s May 11 Sgt. Courtier WKO3 Ayr Source: Record published in Boxing News in the 1960s Jul 17 Cpl. Jennings (Eastney) WRTD1(3) National Sporting Club, Covent Garden Source: Boxing Jul 17 Cpl. Nash (Grenadier Gds.) WKO1(3) National Sporting Club, Covent Garden Source: Boxing (Inter-Allied Heavyweight competition semi-final) Jul 17 Pte. Teale (Hussars) WRSF3(3) National Sporting Club, Covent Garden Source: Boxing (Inter-Allied Heavyweight competition 2nd series) Jul 17 Cpl. McDonald (Canada) WPTS(3) National Sporting Club, Covent Garden Source: Boxing (Inter-Allied Heavyweight competition 1st series) Oct 9 A/M Leary (RAF) WKO1(3) National Sporting Club, Covent Garden Source: Boxing (Inter-Allied Heavyweight competiton semi-final) Oct 9 Driver E Swift (Salisbury) WRTD1(3) National Sporting Club, Covent Garden Source: Boxing (Inter-Allied Heavyweight competiton 2nd series) Oct 9 A/M Lillie (RAF) WRTD2(3) National Sporting Club, Covent Garden Source: Boxing (Inter-Allied Heavyweight competiton final) Oct 14 Val Harris (Sunderland) WRTD2(20) Victoria AC, Glasgow Source: Sporting Life Dec 11 Cpl. Stephenson WRSF3(3) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Record published in Boxing News in the 1960s (Inter Services King's Trophy Heavyweight competition semi-final) Dec 11 CM/A Joe Cox WPTS(3) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Record published in Boxing News in the 1960s (Inter Services King's Trophy Heavyweight competition 1st series) Dec 11 Sgt. Borthwick (Canada) WKO1(3) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Record published in Boxing News in the 1960s (Inter Services King's Trophy Heavyweight competition 2nd series) Dec 12 Bombardier Billy Wells (Streatham) LPTS(3) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Record published in Boxing News in the 1960s (Inter Services King's Trophy Heavyweight competition final) Wells was British and British Empire Heavyweight Champion 1911-19. 1919 Jan 1 Harry Reeve (Plaistow) WRTD5(20) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing 08/01/1919 pages 464 and 465 Referee: HW Keen Feb 27 Bombardier Billy Wells (Streatham) WKO5(20) Stadium, Holborn Source: Boxing 05/03/1919 pages 102, 104 and 105 (British and Empire Heavyweight Title) Referee: J T Hulls Jun 17 Frank Goddard (Clapham) WKO2(20) Olympia, Kensington Source: Boxing 18/06/1919 pages 427, 428, 429 and 430 (British Heavyweight Title) Referee: JT Hulls Sep 2 Eddie McGoorty (USA) WKO17(20) Olympia, Kensington Source: Boxing 03/09/1919 pages 147, 148, 149 and 150 Referee: JT Hulls Promoter: Charles B Cochran Dec 4 Georges Carpentier (France) LKO1(15) Stadium, Holborn Source: Boxing 10/12/1919 pages 459, 460 and 462 (European Heavyweight Title) Referee: Bernard J Angle 1920 Mar 5 Dick Smith (Woolwich) WKO5(20) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing 10/03/1920 pages 118 and 119 (British Heavyweight Title) Referee: Joe Palmer May 10 Bombardier Billy Wells (Streatham) WKO3(20) Olympia, Kensington Source: Boxing 12/05/1920 pages 284 and 285 (British Heavyweight Title) Referee: Jack Smith Promoter: CB Cochran Jul 16 Tommy Burns (Australia) WRTD7(20) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing 21/07/1920 pages 463, 464 and 465 Referee: Joe Palmer Dec 10 Frank Moran (USA) LKO2(20) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing 15/12/1920 pages 327, 328 and 329 Referee: Joe Palmer 1921 Sep 12 Boy McCormick (Dublin) WRTD12(20) Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Source: Boxing 14/09/1921 page 72 (British Heavyweight Title) McCormick was British Light-Heavyweight Champion 1919-21. Referee: Joe Palmer 1922 Apr 10 George Cook (Australia) WDSQ6(20) Holland Park, Kensington Source: Boxing 12/04/1922 page 136 Cook boxed for the British Heavyweight Title 1934. Referee: CH Douglas Oct 12 Frank Moran (USA) WRSF7(20) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing 18/10/1922 pages 150, 151 and 152 Referee: Moss Deyong 1923 May 14 Dick Smith (Woolwich) WKO17(20) Holland Park, Kensington Source: Boxing 16/05/1923 pages 55, 056 and 57 (British Heavyweight Title) Oct 1 Georges Carpentier (France) LKO1(15) Olympia, Kensington Source: Boxing 03/10/1923 pages 118, 119 and 120 Referee: Joe Palmer Promoter: Major Arnold Wilson © This record was researched and compiled by Miles Templeton and Richard Ireland. 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